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    Precursory Signs of Tropical Cyclones

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    This document provides information on precursory signs that can indicate the formation of tropical cyclones. These include cirrus clouds forming high in the atmosphere ahead of storms as water vapor condenses, dark red or orange skies during sunrise and sunset from light refracting through more of the atmosphere, rings forming around the moon called halos from ice crystal refraction, and sea levels swelling from large waves generated by tropical cyclones even from 1000 miles away. The document also discusses the seasonal patterns and locations where tropical cyclones typically form.

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    This document provides information on precursory signs that can indicate the formation of tropical cyclones. These include cirrus clouds forming high in the atmosphere ahead of storms as water vapor condenses, dark red or orange skies during sunrise and sunset from light refracting through more of the atmosphere, rings forming around the moon called halos from ice crystal refraction, and sea levels swelling from large waves generated by tropical cyclones even from 1000 miles away. The document also discusses the seasonal patterns and locations where tropical cyclones typically form.

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    This document provides information on precursory signs that can indicate the formation of tropical cyclones. These include cirrus clouds forming high in the atmosphere ahead of storms as water vapor condenses, dark red or orange skies during sunrise and sunset from light refracting through more of the atmosphere, rings forming around the moon called halos from ice crystal refraction, and sea levels swelling from large waves generated by tropical cyclones even from 1000 miles away. The document also discusses the seasonal patterns and locations where tropical cyclones typically form.

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    This document provides information on precursory signs that can indicate the formation of tropical cyclones. These include cirrus clouds forming high in the atmosphere ahead of storms as water vapor condenses, dark red or orange skies during sunrise and sunset from light refracting through more of the atmosphere, rings forming around the moon called halos from ice crystal refraction, and sea levels swelling from large waves generated by tropical cyclones even from 1000 miles away. The document also discusses the seasonal patterns and locations where tropical cyclones typically form.

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    PRECURSORY SIGNS OF

    TROPICAL CYCLONES
    CLOUD FORMATIONS

     WATER VAPOR CONDENSED


    TINY PARTICLE OF DUST THAT
    ARE FLOATING
    CIRRUS CLOUDS

    • THIN AND OFTEN WISPY CLOUDS


    • 20 000FT. (6000M)
    • ICE CRYSTALS
    • AHEAD OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
    • DIRECTION IS TOWARDS THE STORM
    LOCATED
    DARK, BRICK-RED-ORANGE SKY

    • DURING SUNSET OR SUNRISE


    • RAYS TRAVEL A LARGER PART OF THE
    ATMOSPHERE
    • SUNLIGHT CONSIST OF SEVEN COLORS
    • RED AS LONGEST WAVELENGTH

    • “RED SKY AT NIGHT, TRAVELER’S DELIGHT; RED SKY IN


    MORNING, TRAVELERS TAKE WARNING
    FORMATION OF HALOS

    • RING AROUND THE MOON


    • MEANS A RAIN
    • HIGH CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS
    • TINY ICE CRYSTALS
    • REFRACTION/ SPLITTING OF LIGHTS
    SEA SWELLING

    • TROPICAL CYCLONES GENERATES BIG


    WAVES(SWELLS)
    • 35-40 FT. HIGH EXCEEDS TO 45 FT.
    • OBSERVED 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THE
    CENTER OF THE STORM
    • WARNING
    BAROMETER PRESSURE DROPS
    SEASONS

    • JUNE-DECEMBER- TROPICAL CYCLONES


    • JUNE- OCTOBER
    • SOUTHWEST MONSOON LATE MAY OR JUNE ENDS
    T SEPTEMBER (HABAGAT)
    • NORTHEAST MONSOON STARTS (NOVEMBER-
    MARCH) AMIHAN
    • ITCZ AND TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING
    SOUTHWEST MONSOON –FLOODING IN
    NORTHERN PHILIPPINES
    TROPICAL CYCLONES

     LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DEVELOP OVER


    WARM TROPICAL OCEANS
    26.50 DEGREE C
    CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (17KM TALL)
    ROLE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES

     TAKE THE HEAT FROM THE OCEAN


    TROPICAL CYCLONES RAINS HELPS IN IRRIGATION
    WHERE DO THEY FORM?

    WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC REGION


    FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE

     19-20 TYPHOONS IN PAR


    8-9 CROSS THE PHILIPPINES, YEARLY; 4-5 ARE OF
    TYPHOON INTENSITY
    JUNE-DECEMBER- TYPHOON SEASON
    JULY AND AUGUST-PEAK TYPHOON SEASON
    SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER-
    DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY TYPHOONS PERIOD
    RARELY OCCUR IN MINDANAO,
    CORIOLIS FORCE
    NAMING OF TROPICAL CYCLONES

    • THE PIONEERING AUSTRALIAN


    WEATHERMAN CLEMENT WRAGGE BEGAN
    ASSIGNING NAMES TO TROPICAL
    CYCLONES IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY,
    INITIALLY USING THE LETTERS OF THE
    GREEK ALPHABET AND CHARACTERS FROM
    GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY.
    UPDATED TROPICAL CYCLONES CLASSIFICATION

    CATEGORY INTENSITY(KPH) NAUTICAL MILES/HR(KNOTS)(KT)


    TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 61-less 33 or less
    TROPICAL STORM (TS) 62-88 34-47
    SEVERE TROPICAL STORM (STS) 89-117 48-63
    TYPHOON (TY) 118-220 64-120
    SUPER TYPHOON More than 220 More than 120

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